Further releases followed 'Gods Own Medicine' all of the music released by the band prior to signing their major label deal (including the two singles which had been released as limited edition only availability at the time) was included on the 'First Chapter' album in June 1987 due to public demand and sold over 100,000 copies. And the next album 'Children' had the distinction of being produced by former Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. It spawned the massively significant 'Tower Of Strength' and 'Beyond The Pale' as the band developed well way from the poor man's Zeppelin' tag with which they were hit in the early days. This album made it as far as No,2 in the UK as The Mission were seen as a major late '80s force in their own right. And another epic live favorite as the bands national and international success continued to grow at breakneck speed with sales racing past 500,000 copies. The band then embarked on their most ambitious venture to date to confirm their new international status. The Mission's World Tour, taking in 26 countries, started in the UK and included 7 sold out nights at the Astoria in London where Wayne insisted on showing off his newly acquired enthusiasm for scaling speaker stacks to orchestrate the shows from the balcony in spite of his infamous poor eyesight and enormous concern from all those in attendance. However record sales were booming, concerts were selling out, bootleg tapes had become a thriving industry. 

The Mission released their next single on new year's day 1990. The track was "Butterfly On A Wheel" and was arguably their greatest moment on vinyl thus far a very pretty and brilliantly simple song. It reflected the new lyrical tone of the forth coming album "Carved In Sand". This album see's Wayne growing smoothly into his song writing shoes. The opening songs are were The Mission are now coming from - all directions. Following singles from the "Carved In Sand" album were the monumental "Deliverance" followed on with "Into the blue". This was of coarse by far The Missions biggest moment in the musical career. They'd just finished their "Deliverance World Tour"  They decided to release the sister album from "Carved In Sand" Which was "Grains Of Sand" the tracks on this album were mostly B- Sides from the "Carved" sessions "Hands Across The Ocean" was the first and only single from the "Grains Of Sand" album.

During June 1991 Simon Hinkler made his farewell appearance with the band on a one off performance, Leaving the three Wayne Craig and Mick. The remaining Mission completed the recording of the "Masque" album which they released in 1992 along with the two singles "Never Again" And "Like A Child Again". The new album was a clear departure from previous records and it's more dance orientated content was not met with unanimous acclaim by the fans in the UK although it did far better in Europe. In November 1992 on the back of the albums disappointing performance and amid much internal agonizing, Wayne and Mick finally parted company with Craig who left the band. In addition, key people who had worked with or for the band during the successful years departed for varying unconnected reasons and, finally, over three million album sales later The Mission and Phonogram Records mutually agreed to terminate their agreement.   

Although various temporary guitarists had come and gone since Simon Hinkler's earlier departure, Wayne and Mick decided to bring in Mark Thwaite and bass player Andy Cousins from All About Eve and keyboard player Rick Carter to supplement the bands recording and live work during the post-Phonogram period.

During 1995 The Mission signed to the Equator label, which was part of Sony, and that same year released the "Neverland" album, My personal favourite, which saw a return to the musical values and roots of the band, after the more experimental style of "Masque" . They released their first single from the album "Raising Cain" which may not have been popular in the singles chart it certainly was as a live track. The second single "Lose Myself In You" also proved popular amongst the fans old and new. The third and final single from the album  "Swoon" was what put them back in the singles chart at a respectful pace. But The Mission were to release only one more album, 1996's "Blue" which critically was their worst ever  followed with only one single "Coming Home". Following the obligatory tour supporting the album at the end of 1996 Wayne and Mick went their separate ways. So Wayne decided to move over to America with his wife and settle in California.

In 1999 Wayne and Craig agreed to reform the band Wayne bringing Mark Thwaite back and Craig bringing Scott Garret ex drummer from The Cult. They began with live performances throughout England and Europe followed by releasing "Resurrection Greatest Hits" Which consisted re-recording their favourite hit singles.

2000 saw the release of their new album "Aura" followed by "Evangeline" the unstoppable single whose arpeggios are reminiscent of the grand hour of "Tower Of Strength, Butterfly On A Wheel" and "Deliverance".... The tracks "Mesmerized" is  a haunting lament of which the band has the secret. "Lay Your Hands On Me" alternates between the calm and the storm whilst the track "Dragon Fly" recaptures the magic from which "Butterfly On A Wheel" possessed. Finally "In Denial" concludes the album with suffering but in beauty.... With "Aura" The Mission has returned to it's trademark sound and in the process reawakened the sensations thought to be buried forever. With the success of "Aura" The Mission decided to release a follow on sister album again this time naming it "Aural Delight" again this was mostly B-Sides. In 2003 Wayne signed a deal with a German label SPV to release further material which included the single Breath Me In which was followed on by a DVD release of a live performance and other goodies from the Mission achieves which also included a live audio cd of some of the Missions best performance's both were released in 2005.

It seems now that were in 2006 the band are more active than ever after the release of a second DVD charting the band on the road along with a memorable live performance. They also released another hits album called The Phonogram Years which was released by Old Label Phonogram the album was a double cd charting some of their most classic tracks and many rarities.

The Mission finally release another new single from the fourth coming album God Is A Bullet with extra non-album tracks the single keep It In The Family introduces a new sound to the Mission proving that this band can certainly move on with the times.

With the new album released and named God Is A Bullet for 2007 though the Mission have change and moved on with their sound I can here classic Mission in this album with the rifts and MGT is excellent on guitars this album comes together nicely and its defiantly well produced very well written and excellently played. To name but a few tracks the album starts with Still Deep Waters which is a good opening track for the album others songs stand out Running with scissors is a more finely tuned song with song very good rifts and the song Keep It In The Family sticks out as a favourite for me from the new Album.

God Is A Bullet has been announced as the Mission's last album, Due to poor record sales Wayne Hussey has decided to call it a day for now and seek a solo career after already realising his new solo Album Bare dubbed as a chillout album and covering some of his older songs.

The Mission have a reputation as one of the best and most exciting live bands in the world winning countless accolades, and a fanatical following. Highlights include seven sold out consecutive shows at the Astoria Theatre in London (they still hold the house record to this day), and headlining the famous Reading Festival twice.

So we wait with bated breath for the next instalment of one of the most talented song writers of our time.